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MEXICO CITY - Armando Montano, an aspiring journalist who was working this summer as a news intern for The Associated Press in the Mexican capital, was found dead early Saturday. He was 22 years old. Montano's body was found in the elevator shaft of an apartment building near where he was living in the capital's Condesa neighborhood.

The Community Education Department has openings in prekindergarten programs for teachers and instructional assistants. MPS will hire six part-time certified prekindergarten teachers to work 16 hours a week at the East Mesa Early Childhood Education Center, and at Mendoza, Hermosa Vista, Bush, Stevenson and Lincoln elementaries.

BERLIN -- A German court has ruled that circumcising young Jewish boys amounts to bodily harm even if parents consent to the procedure. Cologne state court said the child's right to physical integrity trumps freedom of religion and parents' rights, German news agency dapd reported Tuesday.

By Jim Small Published: June 14, 2012 at 1:15 pm Former Senate President Russell Pearce is scrambling to find a location for a fundraiser scheduled for this afternoon, as two different Phoenix Mexican restaurants told him today that he is not welcome.

Phoenix has decided that its next contractor for keeping Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport clean must provide competitive pay and benefits to their workers, including paid sick leave.

In 2010, Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu helped U.S. Sen. John McCain fend off conservative critics who claimed he was too soft on illegal immigration by appearing in a now-famous campaign commercial. "Senator, you're one of us," Babeu told McCain, R-Ariz., in the TV spot.

SB 1070 Supreme Court ruling may impact U.S. races, One way or another, the U.S. Supreme Court's looming decision on Arizona's immigration law is expected to affect the presidential race and down-ticket battles in Arizona and other states.

Trial dates set for remaining Arpaio, Thomas lawsuits, The remaining federal lawsuits lodged against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and their deputies will go to trial in May 2013 and continue through the end of that year, a U.S. District Court judge said Friday.

By Guest Opinion Published: May 24, 2012 at 9:00 am A frightening symptom is caused by a major systematic problem - that's true in medicine, and it's true in politics. This birther nonsense that has popped up in Arizona over the last few weeks isn't really about the president's citizenship.

Gabrielle Giffords' presence is keenly felt in the special election to fill her seat in Congress. The Democratic candidate, Ron Barber, was also shot in the Jan. 8, 2011, rampage that forced Giffords to resign. She asked him to run and finish her term.

Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett says he's not a "birther." In fact, he says, he believes President Barack Obama was born in Hawaii. Yet the state's No.2 elected official has waded into the highly charged controversy, asking the island state to verify the president's birthplace to ensure Obama can appear on Arizona's Nov.6 ballot.

Census figures: Minority babies now in majority, For the first time in U.S. history, most of the nation's babies are members of minority groups, according to new census figures that signal the dawn of an era in which Whites no longer will be in the majority.

U.S. News & World Report ranked high schools nationwide based on student-teacher ratio, college readiness, and achievement in math and reading. Mountain View ranked ninth among 118 Arizona high schools and won a silver medal from U.S. News & World Report. The study was conducted by the American Institutes for Research.

Phoenix-area companies take on role as class sponsors, In the hallways of the Arizona Charter Academy in Surprise, two small plaques hang on the walls outside the second and fifth grades. They don't announce room numbers or teachers' names. Instead, they indicate the classes are sponsored by businesses: one by a cab company, the other by a bank.